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  1. Describe what you see. I see a women farming in the fields.
  2. What do you notice first?I noticed that she was working in the sun.
  3. What people and objects are shown?A African American lady with a farming tool is shown in this picture.
  1. Why do you think this image was made? I think the image was made because it was showing people what some have to go through during this tim in history.
  2. What’s happening in the image? There is a women working out in the sun with a framing tool.
  3. When do you think it was made? I think that this was made during the Great Depression when money was very tight.
What do you wonder about...
  1. who? Who is the person in this picture?
  2. where? Is this taking place?
  3. why? Why is she working in the field?
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  1. What do you notice first?I notice that sad faces that the children have.
  2. What people and objects are shown?There is a house in the background and three Afican American children in the foreround.
  3. How are they arranged? They are all standing next to each other. Each look sad.
  1. Why do you think this image was made? I think the image was made to show how many families around the country feel.
  2. What’s happening in the image? There is three kids standing up next to a pole near what looks like to be a house. They all look afraid and they all are looking at the same thing.
  3. What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn how it felt to be African American and live through this time in history from examining this image.
What do you wonder about...
  1. who? Who are the parentsd to these kids?
  2. what? What is the sad face for?
  3. where?Where are their families?
Image, Source: digital file from T01 duplicate negative
Image, Source: digital file from T01 duplicate negative


  1. Describe what you see. I see a bunch of people sitting outside a Coca-Cola shop. They are all wearing suits.
  2. How are they arranged? They are all scattered aroung the place. Almost eveyone in a suit is sitting dow on some type of object.
  3. What other details can you see? Another detail that I see is that there are advertisments on the wall of the Coca-Cola building.
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  1. What’s happening in the image? There are people next to a Cola-Cola building. They are sitting down except the person in the doorway.
  2. When do you think it was made? I think that it was made when money was tough to get. I think this because it doesn't look like they are going to a job or anything.
  3. If someone made this today, what would be different? Yes, if it was made today then the picture would be different. The peple wouldn't be crowded around a Coca-Cola store because there really isn't any more. Also, not to many people just sit on the streets doing nothing.
What do you wonder about...
  1. who?Who are the people in the photo?
  2. what? What is the point to this photo?
  3. why?Why are they sittting outside a Coca-Cola shop?
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Sign at bus station. Rome, Georgia
A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. Sign at bus station. Rome, Georgia




  1. What do you notice first?I notice the huge sign coming off the building first.
  2. What people and objects are shown? There are two buildings in the photo. There is also a sign that takes up almost all of the photo.
  3. What, if any, words do you see? The words on the sign say "Colored Waiting Room."
  1. When do you think it was made? I think that this was made when racial problems were overtaking the country.
  2. What can you learn from examining this image? I can learn how segregated the U. S. was during the Great Depression.
  3. If someone made this today, what would be different? If someone made it today, it would be different. The United States isn't as segregated as much anymore. These days people don't see these sign anympore on the streets.
What do you wonder about...
  1. when?When did the U.S. finally start to realize that everyone was the same?
  2. where?Where in the U.S. was this happening the most?
  3. why? Why was the U.S. so racially segregated?


Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Negro drinking at "Colored" water cooler in streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  1. Describe what you see.I see a colored man drinking from the "Colored waater fountain."
  2. What do you notice first?I noticed the huge signs in the background first. they say which way the white and colors have to go. It shows the racial tention.
  3. What is the physical setting? The photo is taking place at a water fountain and a bathroom.
  1. Why do you think this image was made? I think that this image was made to show the tension between whites and blacks. Also, I think that it was made to show how so many people thought that African Americans were not as good as whites.
  2. What’s happening in the image? African American man is getting a drink from the "Black" water fountain.
  3. What can you learn from examining this image? ·I can learn how badly the people in the U.S. thought of the colored from examining this photo.
What do you wonder about...
  1. who?Who thought that keepiong everything racially different a good idea?
  2. where?Was trhere a place that let everyone drink at the same fountain and go to the same bathroom?
  3. why?Why can't every ethnicity just drink from the same water fountain?

Tourist cabins for Negroes. Highway sign. South Carolina
Tourist cabins for Negroes. Highway sign. South Carolina


  1. Describe what you see. I see a cabin that is in bad conditions. I also see a sign that says that the cabin is only for colored people and not whites.
  2. What people and objects are shown? There is no people shown in this photo. Also, I see a cabin that says it is only for colored people.
  3. What, if any, words do you see? On the sign, I see the words "Carbins For Colored. This shows how whites and blacks didn't stay in the same cabins or houses.
  1. Why do you think this image was made? I think this image was made to show how people of mixed color didn't stay in the same cabins or houses for that matter.
  2. Who do you think was the audience for this image? I think the audience of this photo is the community as a whole. I think that is was to show how segregated we were during this time in history.
  3. What can you learn from examining this image? · I can learn how bad the U.S. was thinking of colored people. I can learn this because if they were thinking good of the African Americans then they would all be able to live together.
What do you wonder about...
  1. who?Who would possibly want to live there?
  2. where? Where is this cabin and is it as bad as it looks?
  3. why? Why couldn't people just stay in the same cabin no matter the color of their skin.?